Released on Aug. 13, 1982, Fast Times at Ridgemont High featured a cast comprising almost entirely unknown young actors portraying the film’s high school-age characters. Still, for all the ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High was the ultimate coming-of-age movie and the start for some very famous faces. Along with its killer soundtrack, this summer of 1982 comedy focused on a group of high ...

By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter Fast Times at Ridgemont High‘s ascension to comedy classic was a slow process. Amy Heckerling, who had only directed student work to that point ...

Universal Pictures nearly shelved the coming-of-age film, but the cast didn't view it as a "horny high school movie at all." High school goes by pretty fast, but even executives at Universal ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Worldly Linda (Phoebe Cates, left) schools the less experienced Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) on sex and relationships in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” ...

The director and screenwriter of 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' explain the film's negotiation between classic rock and new wave sounds. By Ron Hart Fast Times at Ridgemont High, released in ...

Before Dazed and Confused, before Ferris Bueller's Day Off, before Freaks and Geeks, there was Fast Times at Ridgemont High. This 1982 high school comedy set the template for countless coming-of ...

During the hiatus, producer Art Linson introduced her to Cameron Crowe’s 1981 book, Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story, which the young journalist wrote after spending a year undercover ...